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Solar-powered floating hotel room is designed to pop up anywhere on water

Valencia-based architecture firm Mano De Santo has proposed a plug-and-play hotel room that could be easily transported...

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Self-contained HomePod is a plug-and-play housing solution for refugees

Wauben Architects designed HomePod, a plug-and-play housing solution for refugee housing on vacant lots. Despite...

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The Vipp Shelter is a plug-and-play prefab home that can be placed just about anywhere

Although Vipp is best known for its designer garbage cans, the company developed the Vipp Shelter to show off their...

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Shipping Pallet Garden Wows Visitors at the Canada Blooms Garden Festival

For their 5th annual installation at the 2012 Canada Blooms Garden Festival, b sq. Design Studio set out to do...

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Plug + Play: A Solar-Powered EV Charging Station Shaped Like a Cooling Tower

HMMY's Plug + Play proposal for an electric vehicle charging station serves as an urban battery and renewable energy...

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Vincent Callebaut Unveils Coral-Inspired Carbon Neutral Eco Village for Haiti

Callebaut's Coral Reef proposes building an artificial pier on seismic piles in the Caribbean Sea. Modular duplexes...

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